GRAMMY® season is upon us and Forward Music Project 1.0 is up for consideration in four Classical categories! I am so proud of this project, the amazing composers, and the whole team that worked incredibly hard to bring this album to life.
The seven works on this album were my first FMP commissions. I have performed them so many times that they have become embedded in my bones, heart, and soul. This embodied performance is best summed up in The WholeNote album review, "It is the highest level of artistry that can realize a message, a story, or an emotion while seeming to have not performed it at all."
Forward Music Project shares stories that need to be heard and brings new sounds to ears around the world. It has been a true healing journey for me, as I hope it has been for you.
Thank you for listening and for your consideration!
FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
BEST CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
BEST CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSITION
Dam mwen yo by Nathalie Joachim
BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, CLASSICAL
Garth MacAleavey, Mike Tierney
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR, CLASSICAL
Amanda Gookin, Louis Levitt
“The joy of transmitting knowledge is perceptible” — NY Times
“Gookin herself shines throughout the record” — I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
“It is the highest level of artistry that can realize a message, a story, or an emotion while seeming to have not performed it at all.” — The WholeNote
“The performances clearly reflect Gookin's virtuosic command...the playing is always used in the service of bringing the composer's material to its optimal realization” — Textura
“Everything here exists on a level of glorious musicality” — AnEarful
“The music compels the attention from the start and does not let go” — AllMusic
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